In the city's 3rd Ward, Councilman Jim Browning earned the right to serve out the remainder of former Councilman Joe DiGenova's term, which ends in November 2019. Council appointed Browning to the seat in May.

In the Delaware school board race, two incumbents and a newcomer won seats.

Incumbents Frances O'Flaherty and Jayna McDaniel-Browning were the top vote-getters with 4,172 (28 percent) and 3,774 (26 percent), according to final, unofficial results from the Delaware County Board of Elections. Newcomer Michael Wiener won the final open seat with 3,368 votes (23 percent), beating out Deborah Kruse Guebert with 3,130 (21 percent).

In the race for three seats on the Big Walnut school board, incumbents Allison Fagan and Brad Schneider and newcomer Douglas Crowl bested the efforts of write-in candidate Liana Lee.

With all precincts reporting Nov. 7, Fagan was the top vote-getter with 3,909 votes (31 percent), followed by Schneider with 3,604 votes (29 percent) and Crowl with 2,715 votes (22 percent), according to the board of elections. Lee took 2,189 votes (18 percent) as a write-in.

The board of elections in August failed to certify the petition of candidate Nicole Hess, leaving just three names on the ballot.

Several other local races were unopposed, including Sunbury Village Council, where newcomers Joe St. John and Martin Fisher will join incumbents Scott Weatherby and Dave Martin next year.

In Galena, voters approved a four-year, 2-mill replacement levy by a vote of 140 (58 percent) to 101 (42 percent). The levy, which will not raise taxes, will cost residents about $200 annually per $100,000 in property value.

Levy funds will be used for improvements to roads, sewers and other infrastructure needs in the village.

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